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Astrohibiscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Malvales
Family:Malvaceae
Subfamily:Malvoideae
Tribe:Hibisceae
Genus:Astrohibiscus
McLay & R.L.Barrett
Species:
A. caesius
Binomial name
Astrohibiscus caesius
Synonyms[1]
  • Abelmoschus adscendens (G.Don) Walp.
  • Hibiscus adscendens G.Don
  • Hibiscus ascendens Walp., orth. var.
  • Hibiscus caesius Garcke (1849) (species basionym)
  • Hibiscus caesius var. genuinus Hochr., not validly publ.
  • Hibiscus caesius var. micropetalus Gürke
  • Hibiscus gibsonii Stocks ex Harv.
  • Hibiscus heterotrichus E.Mey. ex Harv., not validly publ.
  • Hibiscus pentaphyllus F.Muell., nom illeg.

Astrohibiscus is a genus of flowering plant]]s in the family Malvaceae. It includes a single species, Astrohibiscus caesius, a shrub native to southern tropical Africa and the Indian subcontinent.[1]

The species is native to southern tropical Africa, ranging from southwestern Tanzania to Angola and the Northern Provinces of South Africa, as well as India and Pakistan.[1]

The species was first described as Hibiscus caesius by Christian August Friedrich Garcke in 1849. In 2024 Todd McLay and Russell Lindsay Barrett placed the species in the newly described monotypic genus Astrohibiscus as Astrohibiscus caesius.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Astrohibiscus caesius (Garcke) McLay & R.L.Barrett". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  2. ^ Margaret M. Hanes, Orland J. Blanchard Jr., Janice Valencia-D., Todd McLay, J. Richard Abbott, Stuart F. McDaniel, Russell L. Barrett, Sarah Mathews, and Kurt M. Neubig "Phylogenetic Relationships Within Tribe Hibisceae (Malvaceae) Reveal Complex Patterns of Polyphyly in Hibiscus and Pavonia," Systematic Botany 49(1), 77-116, (6 May 2024). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364424X17114831879189

    Astrohibiscus
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Kingdom:Plantae
    Clade:Tracheophytes
    Clade:Angiosperms
    Clade:Eudicots
    Clade:Rosids
    Order:Malvales
    Family:Malvaceae
    Subfamily:Malvoideae
    Tribe:Hibisceae
    Genus:Astrohibiscus
    McLay & R.L.Barrett
    Species:
    A. caesius
    Binomial name
    Astrohibiscus caesius
    Synonyms[1]
    • Abelmoschus adscendens (G.Don) Walp.
    • Hibiscus adscendens G.Don
    • Hibiscus ascendens Walp., orth. var.
    • Hibiscus caesius Garcke (1849) (species basionym)
    • Hibiscus caesius var. genuinus Hochr., not validly publ.
    • Hibiscus caesius var. micropetalus Gürke
    • Hibiscus gibsonii Stocks ex Harv.
    • Hibiscus heterotrichus E.Mey. ex Harv., not validly publ.
    • Hibiscus pentaphyllus F.Muell., nom illeg.

    Astrohibiscus is a genus of flowering plant]]s in the family Malvaceae. It includes a single species, Astrohibiscus caesius, a shrub native to southern tropical Africa and the Indian subcontinent.[1]

    The species is native to southern tropical Africa, ranging from southwestern Tanzania to Angola and the Northern Provinces of South Africa, as well as India and Pakistan.[1]

    The species was first described as Hibiscus caesius by Christian August Friedrich Garcke in 1849. In 2024 Todd McLay and Russell Lindsay Barrett placed the species in the newly described monotypic genus Astrohibiscus as Astrohibiscus caesius.[1][2]

    References

    1. ^ a b c d "Astrohibiscus caesius (Garcke) McLay & R.L.Barrett". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
    2. ^ Margaret M. Hanes, Orland J. Blanchard Jr., Janice Valencia-D., Todd McLay, J. Richard Abbott, Stuart F. McDaniel, Russell L. Barrett, Sarah Mathews, and Kurt M. Neubig "Phylogenetic Relationships Within Tribe Hibisceae (Malvaceae) Reveal Complex Patterns of Polyphyly in Hibiscus and Pavonia," Systematic Botany 49(1), 77-116, (6 May 2024). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364424X17114831879189
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